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Get started5 Guest Avenue is a three-bedroom detached house in Poole (BH12 1JA). It has a recorded floor area of 58 m² (around 624 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it D (February 2009); the latest reading is 2 bands lower. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, window efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. At 58 m² this is the 4th smallest of 26 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 44–196 m². The building's EPC ratings span F to B, with this unit at the bottom. On EPC score it ranks last in the building (32 versus a best of 85). Other recorded features include outbuildings.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£897/sq ft) was about 386.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 58 m² it sits well below the postcode median (87 m² across 25 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £560,000 in February 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
5 Guest Avenue sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
T1, Beech, fell. TPO 89/2001 Ind in a group
Latest sale on 5 Guest Avenue was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£559,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.8% per year over 24 years.
£560,000
Growth on file: 8.8% per year over 24 years.
On price per m², 5 Guest Avenue stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£9,655
Street avg £2,739
Floor Area
58 m²
Street avg 55 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
10/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Guest Close — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.2dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Cavity wall insulation installed
More low energy lighting installed
Heating system changed
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls changed
Hot water system changed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolition of rear flat roof extension and replace with single storey extension
2 more applications for this property
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25 February 2021Most recent
£560,000
+45.8%over 4 years30 June 2016
£384,000
+405.3%over 19 years16 May 1997
£76,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in BH12 1JA: £337,000 (2025–2023).
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
BH12 1QX
Closest school
0.4 km
Bishop Aldhelm's Church of England Primary School. 17 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB
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